Condiment-mill



(No Model.)

D. O. RIPLEY.

GONDIMENT MILL.

No. 386,722. Patented July 24, 1888.

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CONDIMENT MILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,722, dated July 24, 1888.

Application filed December I10, 1886. Serial No. $23,007. (Nomodoh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL G. RUPLEY, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Condiment-Mills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My improvement consists of an improvement in spice or condiment bottles, having a grinding or reducing mill in its upper end, whereby the spice-bcrrics contained therein are reduced to the proper degree of fineness and sifted through the perforated top.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvement I will now describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the complete device; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same, partly in elevation. Fig. 3 is a view of the runner of the grinding-mill. Fig. 4 is a view ofthe grinding-shell. Fig. 5 is a view of the top ofthe bottle. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively plan and sectional views of the securingflange. Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively plan and sectional views of the pertoratcd cap.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each.

I make a glass or other suitable bottle or holder, a, with amouth provided with grooves or recesses b, for receiving the grinding-shell c,the said grinding-shell being provided with lugs or projections (Z, which titin the grooves or recesses b, which hold the grinding-shell stationary. The outside of the mouth or neck of the bottle a is screw-threaded, or has an equivalent provision for attaching the securing-flange e, which holds the grinding-shell c in place thereto. Thegrindingshell c is provided with a strap, f, in which the lower end of the runner or grinding nut g is stepped. The cap it has a square central opening, it, through which the supporting-screw i of the runner g projects vertically, and which fits over the square nut or hnb 7 at the base ofthe screw. The runner is attached to the cap it by means ofa nut, 7;, which screws 011 the upper end of the screw i above the surface of the cap h. The cap his perforated, as at If, for discharging the ground material which passes the runner-nut.

Thus constructed my device is put together in the following manner: The runner is se cured to the grinding-shell by inserting the pin in on the lower end of the grinding-nut, through the central perforation in the strap f of the grinding-shell, and then upsetting the lower end of the pin in, as shown at n in Fig. 2. The grinding shell, with the runner attached thereto, as described, is inserted into the mouth of the bottle a, so that the lugs (Z shall enter into the recesses b, and is then fastened to the bottle by means of the securingflange e. The cap is placed over the screw 13, so that its square central opening, IL, shall fit over the corresponding part, 1), of the grinding-nut,and,finally, the nutk is screwed on the upper end of the screw 2', and the device is in the condition shown in Figs. 1 and 2, ready for use.

In using, the bottle is inverted, the cap is held in one hand, and the bottle turned with the other, causing the spice berries to be ground between the gritniing-snrfaces and the comminnted material to fall through the perforations If of the cap.

It is apparent that other means of preventing the rotation of the grinding-shell c in the mouth of the bottle may be adopted instead of the lugs (l and recesses b-as, for instance, the contact-surfaces may be roughened, and by screwing the cap and flange down tight the friction will be sut'ticient to prevent any such rotation. In so far as the lirst claim is concerned I do not limit myself to the particular construction ofthegrinding-mill shown and described, because many other forms are known, some of which can easily be adapted to use with my improvement by any ordinary skilled mechanic. It is not necessary that the device which connects the runner g and the cap h should consist of a square hub, p, and the square hole h,becausc changes in this part are obvious to any skilled mechanic.

Modifications of other parts might be suggested, so as to indicate that, in more features ofconstruction not covered by the claims, mechanical changes may be made without differing from my invention.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a condiment-bottle WWW wa t with a grinding-shell secured in its mouth, a is secured, substantially as and for the pur- 1o perforated revoluble cap, and a runner seposes described.

cured to the cap and operating in oonj unction In testimony whereofT have hereunto set my with the grinding shell, substantially as and hand this 28th day of December, A. D. 1886.

for the purposes described.

2. The combination of a condiment-bottle DANIEL RIPLEY' with a grindingshell removably secured in its Witnesses: mouth, a runner stepped in the shell, and a THOMAS E. KERR, perforated revoluble cap to which the runner GEORGE W. BLAIR. 

